Hi-
We recently purchased a 2007 Fleetwood Terra LX (31 ft, Workhorse chassis (8.1 w/ Allison trans). On the freeway, the steering wanders quite a bit, especially if there are any ruts or uneven roadway...
The tire pressure is set per factory recommendations. Several others in our camping group w/ the same chassis seem to experience this as well.
This is our third motorhome and/or trailer, and we've never experienced this "wandering" before. Does anyone know of a remedy to this problem, and/or have the same problem w/ this motorhome?
Thanks.

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Hi-
We recently purchased a 2007 Fleetwood Terra LX (31 ft, Workhorse chassis (8.1 w/ Allison trans). On the freeway, the steering wanders quite a bit, especially if there are any ruts or uneven roadway...
The tire pressure is set per factory recommendations. Several others in our camping group w/ the same chassis seem to experience this as well.
This is our third motorhome and/or trailer, and we've never experienced this "wandering" before. Does anyone know of a remedy to this problem, and/or have the same problem w/ this motorhome?
Thanks.

gregg454, welcome to iRV2.com. We are glad to have you join us here and we look forward to reading of your adventures and experiences. Congratulations on the new Fleetwood Terra. You can do a search for this topic by clicking on the find button and then unchecking the box and click search. If all of the suspension and streeing components are correct an aftermarket steering stabalizer might help. Once you get this correted, I am sure you will enjoy both it and the forum. You will find we are a group of fun loving RVers that like to help each other where we can. Any questions you have, just ask. Good luck and stay safe.

This is a common problem that arises from changes in chassis geometry as a result of adding the coach body and whatever you gear you put on board.

(1) Check and adjust the alignment with the motorhome loaded, per Tom's suggestion.

(2) Forget the "factory recommendations" for tire pressure - they are a one-size-fits-all variety. Get the coach weighed, at least front and rear axles, if not each individual wheel, and set the tire pressure per the tire manufacturer's load/inflation tables. If you use the axle weights, divide by two and round up by 100 lbs or so to allow for variatios from side to side.

(3) If the above two items do not make it handle satisfactorily, add a Tru-Trac bar from Roadmaster to the front end OR a Supersteer track bar from Henderson to the rear end. Either one of those will surely correct the problem.

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Former owner of 2004 American Tradition
Home is in the Ocala Nat'l Forest near Ocala, FL
Summers in Black Mountain, NC

I've tried the Safe-T-Plus (similar to Steer Safe) and Trac Bars and found the track bars to be a far superior solution to handling problems on both Ford and Workhorse chassis.

The steer-safe and Safe-T-Plus try to correct the steering wheel position (the symptom) while the track bars try to correct the underlying wheel tracking problem. Both are easy enough to install yourself and the price is similar. That makes the track bars (Davis/Roadmaster tru-Trac or Henderson Supersteer) a hands done winner in my book.

But your mileage may vary...

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Gary Brinck
Former owner of 2004 American Tradition
Home is in the Ocala Nat'l Forest near Ocala, FL
Summers in Black Mountain, NC

Hi Gregg and welcome to iRV2. I had the same problem as you are experiencing. If you go to the Spartan Chassis forum, you'll find my "Chassis Drives Like A Hunting Dog" thread. While the chassis is not a Workhorse, the adjustments are similar. It will provide what I've been through and what I did to correct the problem. Making Workhouse make the chassis the best it can be is a good suggestion from BIGRED1. After that consider looking at the variety of steering stablizers on the market and have one added to your coach.

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2005 Newmar KSDP 3910 + GMC ENVOY XUV 37K lbs Moving Down The Road
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Ccommander 11 here. Nnew to the forum but not rv'ing. Ii am personal friends with one of the biggest rv dealers her in Ontario and he says ""the safety plus" is the best stabillizer and works like a charm.He took me on a test drive before and after and both him and i agree no motorhome should be without it. Mine cost me about $1000.00 canadian installed . Good luck